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CVE-2022-1388

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1388 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP systems across multiple versions (16.1.x, 15.1.x, 14.1.x, 13.1.x, 12.1.x, and 11.6.x), allowing undisclosed requests to bypass iControl REST authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, including by ransomware campaigns, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.6.1, <= 11.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · May 10, 2022
Metasploit: F5 BIG-IP iControl RCE via REST Authentication Bypass · May 4, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2022-1388 · May 9, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-50932 · May 12, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9996 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/167007/F5-BIG-IP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/167118/F5-BIG-IP-16.0.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/167150/F5-BIG-IP-iControl-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.f5.com / csp/article/K23605346
MitigationVendor Advisory
secpod.com / blog/critical-f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-patch-now
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory